Re: Hard drive upgrade HP Pavillon

Thank you so much for the information. I am planning to make my own external harddrive with an internal harddrive enclosed in an external harddrive case. This will allow easy solution of a dead original harddrive. I will "clone" my C drive onto this second harddrive. I want to be able to replace a broken internal drive with my external/internal harddrive.

What might be the limitations on the upside...speed,size, connectivity? Motherboard issues? Size issues? I am trying to get all this information into my head. Just learned about PATA and SATA etc. Like a foreign language to learn. But I love the research.

Another question is wether I should go with 2.5" or 3.5" and wether the case needs to be the same size as the drive? Some seem to suggest that 2.5 runs cooler. How important is the heat issue for the life of the drive. I definately do want a drive that lasts more than a drive of size.